Research Article

Diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Regulatory Mechanism of miR-149-3p on Alveolar Inflammatory Factors and Expression of Surfactant Proteins A (SP-A) and D (SP-D) on Lung Surface Mediated by Wnt Pathway

Table 2

Comparison of general information and lung function between groups.

ItemCONCOPDStatistics

Age (years)66.26 ± 8.5165.84 ± 7.000.8160.444
Gender (case/%)
 Male33 (66%)34 (68%)0.4340.805
 Female17 (34%)16 (32%)
Smoking index [M (Q1, Q3)]265 (120, 340)420a (320, 585)28.612<0.001
Number of acute exacerbations in the past year [times, M (Q1, Q3)]1.0 (1.0, 2.0)−3.802<0.001
mMRC score [score, M (Q1, Q3)]1.0 (1.0, 2.0)−6.259<0.001
FEV1% predicted value80.69 ± 7.6254.21 ± 6.76277.513<0.001
FEV1/FVC (%)83.44 ± 5.9651.56 ± 6.29a373.072<0.001

a, compared with the Con group; indicates Welch analysis of variance.